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REMEMBERING A DAY

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On this day, we remember the tragedy of September 11, 2001. We remember the horror of the news, the painful images and the aftermath, as the

reality of what had occurred changed the face of our nation. But we also remember with gratitude the heroes who gave their lives in their efforts to

rescue victims of the attacks. The courage and bravery of these men and women will never be forgotten and their spirits will always remain a proud

part of our nations history. In times of tragedy, a strong community will pull together, and thats what we witnessed in the wake of September 11. A

nation came together to support the communities of New York City and Washington, D.C. Americans everywhere, from all walks of life, displayed

their patriotism and pride in our country. Ten years later, we continue to honor the heroes of September 11, and we continue to fight for the free-

doms each of us holds so very dear. May we forever remain the land of the free and the home of the brave.


2/8

On September 11, 2001 hundredsof police officers, firefighters andemergency medical workers losttheir lives as a result of the terroristattacks on our nation. They madethe ultimate sacrifice in trying tosave the lives of others. On thisday and every day, lets not forgetthe important role emergencyrescue personnel play in helpingand protecting our communities.

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DELPHOS WhenPolice Chief Kyle Fittro wasan officer, he worked a lateshift on the night of Sept.10, 2001. He was still sleep-ing at 8:46 a.m. when thefirst tower was hit. Fittrowas awakened by his ringingtelephone.

I received a phone calltelling me to turn on the TVright away. At that point, thefirst tower had been struckbut was still standing. I con-tinued to watch, glued tothe TV, as the second planestruck the second tower, hesaid. I remembered think-ing that I had never seenanything like this before. I

was riveted to television andradio broadcasts for days.

Fittro is confident lawenforcers throughout thecountry see their place in theworld a little differently thanthey may have prior to thatfateful day a decade ago.

Police officers are muchmore aware of the world asfar as terrorism is concernedand if we see something thatisnt right, it will catch oureye. Here in Delphos, day-to-day operations haventchanged that much. We gen-erally deal with local peoplecommitting local crimes.Our awareness has changedbecause of 9-11 and fund-ing has also changed but

our job itself has remainedunchanged, he said.

Fittro explains that thechange in funding camefrom the federal govern-ment. Prior to 9-11, there

was a lot of money distrib-uted through grants to policeagencies for things like over-time and vehicles. When

9-11 happened, there was amajor shift and the federalgovernment started requir-ing state and local leaders tobe prepared in the event ofanother terrorist attack.

The major change weveseen at the local level hasbeen the reallocation offunds. The federal govern-ment started pouring millionsof dollars into first responseentities like firefighters,EMS and the county EMAoffices, he said.

Fittro said the otherchange that came downfrom DC concerns activat-ing the preparedness grants

are intended to fund.After 9-11, the gov-

ernment came out withtraining programs suchas the National IncidentManagement System and theInstant Command Structure.There are multiple levelsbroken down to 100, 200,300 and 400. If youre apatrolman, for example,youre required to have, say,the 100, 700 and 800 andthose numbers represent adifferent certification youare required to have. If youclimb rank and become asupervisor or a chief, there

are additional certificationsyou are required to have andyou will have to pick those

up, he said.The state requires manda-

tory training in Columbus forall county emergency man-

agement directors. Van WertCounty EMA Director RickMcCoy said that training hasbeen more geared towardterrorism since 9-11. Beforethat, it had been designedaround natural disasters.

Since 9-11, weve hadmore grants and training interms of planning. In thecivil defense days, trainingwas geared more toward anattack from another country.Over the years, that fadedaway and it moved into emer-gency management concern-ing natural disasters but with9-11, we shifted back towardbeing prepared for an attack,

be it from weapons of massdestruction or a biologicalattack, he said.

McCoy added that thepreparedness is built in away that anticipates localresources being used in amutual aid manner becauseof the areas rural nature. Hesaid the biggest post-9-11change concerns coopera-tion.

One thing that has reallychanged is we never part-nered with the state healthdepartment. We had donesome drills here locally butwith the state health depart-

ment, there had not been anycoordination prior to the ter-rorist attack, he concluded.

9/11 ORGANIZATIONS AND WEBSITES

HISTORY: www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks

Videos, Interactives, & Photos: www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks/interactives

National September 11 Memorial & Museum:www. national911memorial.org & http://makehistory.national911memorial.org

9/11 Commission: www.9-11commission.gov

9/11 National Day of Service: www.911dayoservice.org

9/11 Timeline: http://timeline.national911memorial.org

A & E Flight 93: www.aetv.com/ight_93/index.jsp

Bio Channel: www.biography.com/profles-o-9-11/index.jspCenter for History and New Media: http://911digitalarchive.org

Flight 93 National Memorial:www.nps.gov/ni/index.htm & www.honoright93.org

National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial:http://pentagonmemorial.org & http://pentagon.spacelist.org

September 11 Education Trust: www.wtcug.org

Smithsonian Institution: http://americanhistory.si.edu/september11

Story Corps: http://storycorps.org/listen/stories/category/september-11

Television Archive: www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive

Tribute WTC Visitor Center: www.tributewtc.org/index.php

Voices of September 11th: http://voicesoseptember11.org

Police officers aremuch more aware

of the world asfar as terrorism isconcerned and ifwe see somethingthat isnt right, itwill catch our eye.Here in Delphos,day-to-day opera-

tions haventchanged that

much. We gener-ally deal with local

people commit-ting local crimes.

Our awareness haschanged because of9-11 and fundinghas also changedbut our job itself

has remainedunchanged.

Kyle Fittro,Delphos Police

Chief

I was at work at EatonCorp. and we were having ameeting that morning. Someonethat had traveled for the meet-ing came in and told us whatwas happening. Obviously,the meeting was cancelled andwe were all either back at ourcomputers watching the eventsunfolding or watching a TV.I can also remember the longlines at the Marathon stationthat day and we had a volley-ball match that night scheduled.

I do a lot of traveling. That is the biggest difference that Isee since that day, especially airport security. I have even beenstopped. One time, I came back from Hawaii and forgot I hadsome jelly packed away in my carry-on. I also had pumpedsome gas and the smell was on my fingers. So they took meto the side and after some questioning, they let me go.

I was the football coachat Spencerville and I wasteaching a math class. A his-tory teacher came in andtold us what was going onand, obviously, the classwas done and the televisionwas turned on to watch.For the first time that I canremember, we cancelledfootball practice that night.That was a good decision.

Obviously, security mea-sures have changed but what

disappoints me the most is that so many of our kids donteven remember or know what happened that day. Mostof the children in our school take social studies or his-tory class and it is now incorporated into our classes.

I was with a long-timefriend of mine, Paula Krotzer,who was then living outsideof New York City. We wereglued to the TV when weheard about it and she wasworried because her daughterwas a temp working in NewYork City and she sometimesworked in one of those tow-ers. Fortunately, her daughterwasnt working there thatday, so she was OK but thatwas one of the last times I sawPaula alive. She died shortly after.

Travel has changed but I have noticed thatwe are living in more fear these days. Everyonewonders if or when it will happen again.

John Edinger

Jeff Osburn

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3/8

On September 11, 2001 hundredsof police officers, firefighters andemergency medical workers losttheir lives as a result of the terroristattacks on our nation. They madethe ultimate sacrifice in trying tosave the lives of others. On thisday and every day, lets not forgetthe important role emergencyrescue personnel play in helpingand protecting our communities.Their courage and strength makeus proud to be Americans.

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On September 11, 2001, 19militants associated with theIslamist extremist group alQaeda hijacked our airlinersand carried out suicide attacksagainst targets in the UnitedStates. Two o the planes wereown into the Twin Towerso the World Trade Center inNew York City, a third planehit the Pentagon just outsideWashington, D.C., and the

ourth plane was crashedinto a feld near ShanksvillePennsylvania. Oten reerredto simply as 9/11, the attacksresulted in extensive deathand destruction, triggeringmajor U.S. initiatives to com-bat terrorism. Nearly 3,000 people were killed during theattacks, including more than400 police ofcers and fre-fghters and 246 passengersand crew on the our planes.This was the most deadly ter-rorist attack in U.S. history.

On September 11, 2001, at8:46 a.m. on a clear Tuesdaymorning, an American AirlinesBoeing 767 loaded with jet

uel crashed into the North Tower o the World TradeCenter in New York City. Theimpact let a gaping, burn-ing hole between oors 93-99o the 110-story skyscraper,instantly killing hundreds opeople and trapping hundredsmore in higher oors. As theevacuation o the tower gotunderway, television camerasbroadcasted live images owhat initially appeared to be areak accident. Then, 17 min-utes ater the frst plane hit,a second Boeing 767UnitedAirlines Flight 175appearedout o the sky, turned sharp-ly toward the World TradeCenter and sliced into oors

77-85 o the South Tower. The collision caused a mas-sive explosion that showeredburning debris over surround-ing buildings and the streetsbelow. America was underattack.

The attackers were Islamistextremist terrorists rom Saudi

Arabia and several other Arabnations. Reportedly fnancedby Saudi ugitive Osamabin Ladens al Qaeda terror-ist organization, they wereallegedly acting in retalia-tion or Americas support oIsrael, its involvement in thePersian Gul War and its con-tinued military presence inthe Middle East. They choseto attack the Pentagon and

World Trade Center becausethey are powerul symbolso America symbols thatdefne the United States as aneconomic and military super-power.

Some o the terrorists hadlived in the United Statesor more than a year andhad taken ying lessons atAmerican commercial ightschools. Others had slippedinto the country in the monthsbeore September 11 andacted as the muscle in theoperation.

American intelligence agen-cies like the CIA and FBI wereon the lookout or terrorist

activities, but had expectedbomb attacks like those o thepast, or perhaps biological orchemical attacks that causewidespread terror. They wereunprepared or this kind oattack. (The 9/11 CommissionReport on the attacks revealedour kinds o ailures: in imagi-nation, policy, capabilities,and management.)

The 19 terrorists eas-ily smuggled knives throughsecurity at three East Coastairports and boarded ourights bound or Caliornia,chosen because the planeswere loaded with uel or thelong transcontinental journey.Soon ater takeo, the terror-

ists commandeered the ourplanes and took the controls,transorming ordinary com-muter jets into guided mis-siles.

As millions watched theevents unolding in NewYork, American AirlinesFlight 77 circled over down-

town Washington, D.C., and

slammed into the west side othe Pentagon military head-quarters at 9:37 a.m. Jet uelrom the Boeing 757 causeda devastating inerno that ledto the structural collapse o aportion o the giant concretebuilding. 125 military person-nel and civilians were killedin the Pentagon, along withall 59 passengers and crewaboard the airliner.

Twenty-two minutes aterthe terrorists struck the nervecenter o the U.S. military,the horror in New York tooka catastrophic turn or theworse when the South Towero the World Trade Center col-lapsed in a massive cloud odust and smoke. The struc-tural steel o the skyscraper,built to withstand winds inexcess o 120 miles per hourand a large conventional fre,could not withstand the tre-mendous heat generated bythe burning jet uel coupledwith the structural damage

caused by the plane crash. At10:28 a.m., the North Towercollapsed. 2,753 people diedin the World Trade Center andits vicinity, including a stag-gering 346 frefghters, 23New York City police ofcers,and 37 Port Authority policeofcers who were strugglingto complete an evacuationo the buildings and save theofce workers trapped onhigher oors. Thousands oothers were treated or inju-ries, many severe.

Meanwhile, a ourthCaliornia-bound plane United Airlines Flight 93, a

Boeing 757 was hijackedabout 40 minutes ater leav-ing Newark InternationalAirport in New Jersey. Becausethe plane had been delayedin taking o, passengers onboard learned o events inNew York and Washington viacell phone and airphone callsto the ground. Knowing thatthe aircrat was not returningto an airport as the hijack-ers claimed, a group o pas-sengers and ight attendantsplanned an insurrection. Oneo the passengers, Thomas E.Burnett Jr., told his wie over

the phone that , Theyre talk-ing about crashing this planeinto the ground. We have todo something. Another pas-senger, Todd Beamer, washeard saying, Are you guysready? Lets roll over an openline. Sandy Bradshaw, a ightattendant, called her husbandand explained that she hadslipped into a galley and wasflling pitchers with boilingwater. Her last words to himwere Everyones running tofrst class. Ive got to go. Bye.

Passengers ought the ourhijackers and are thought tohave attacked the cockpit.

The plane then ipped overand sped toward the groundat upwards o 580 miles perhour, crashing in a rural feld inwestern Pennsylvania at 10:03a.m. All 40 passengers andcrew were killed. Its intendedtarget is presumed to be theU.S. Capitol.

By 7 p.m., President GeorgeW. Bush, who had spent theday being shuttled aroundthe country because o secu-rity concerns, returned to theWhite House. At 8:30 p.m., hedelivered a televised addressrom the Oval Ofce, declar-

ing, Terrorist attacks canshake the oundations o ourbiggest buildings, but theycannot touch the oundationo America. These acts shattersteel, but they cannot dentthe steel o American resolve.In a reerence to the even-tual U.S. military response hedeclared, We will make nodistinction between the ter-rorists who committed theseacts and those who harborthem.

Operation EnduringFreedom, the American-ledinternational eort to oustthe Taliban Islamist regime

in Aghanistan that sup-ported al Qaeda and Osamabin Ladens terrorist net-work based there, began onOctober 7, 2001, less than amonth ater the terror attacks.Although the Taliban was ini-tially removed rom power,fghting in Aghanistan con-tinues. Osama bin Laden waskilled on May 2, 2011 in acompound in Abbottabad,Pakistan by a team o U.S.Navy SEALS. This broughtsome measure o justice to9/11 victims and our coun-try.

View of lower Manhattan on the morning of September 11, 2001.Photograph by David Monderer. Collection of the New-York Historical Society.

T h e A t t a c k s o n S e p t e m b e r 1 1 , 2 0 0 1

The Pentagon After the Attack. Courtesy Department of Defense.

South Tower Impact. Courtesy of 9/11 Memorial Museum.

Photograph by Roberto Rabanne. From The Roberto Rabanne Archive.

Courtesy of The White House.


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5:45amHijackers pass security screening

Hijackers Mohammed Atta and Abdulaziz

al Omari pass through security at Portland

International Jetport in Maine. They board a

shuttle ight to Bostons Logan International

Airport, where they connect to Los Angeles-

bound American Airlines Flight 11.

Atta will pilot Flight 11 on its lethal course

into the North Tower o the World Trade

Center. Four hijackers physically subdue

passengers and crew so that Atta can breach

the cockpit and kill or disable the two

American Airlines pilots.

Over the next hour and a hal, seventeen

other hijackers clear security checks at

Logan Airport, Newark International

Airport, and Washington Dulles Airport.

All presumably carry knives, box cutters or

other concealed weapons on their person

or in carry-on luggage. Although eight are

tagged or additional screening and a gate

agent ags two as suspicious, none are

prevented rom boarding their intended

ights.

7:59amAmerican Airlines Flight 11 takes o

rom Logan Airport in Boston, MA, 14

minutes behind its scheduled departure

Seventy-six passengers, 11 crewmembers

and fve hijackers board Flight 11. In

industry terms, the Los Angeles-bound ight

is riding heavy,stocked with up to 68,400

pounds o uel or its transcontinental run.

Al Qaeda terrorists hijack the plane at

approximately 8:14 am and reroute it

towards Manhattan, using the Hudson River

as a navigational guide.

8:14amUnited Airlines Flight 175 takes orom Logan Airport in Boston, MA,

also 14 minutes behind its scheduled

departure

Fity-one passengers, nine crewmembers,

and fve hijackers board Los Angeles-

bound Flight 175.

Al Qaeda terrorists hijack the plane at

approximately 8:45 am and reroute it

towards Manhattan.

8:19amAmerican Flight 11 CrewContact Airline

Veteran ight attendants Betty Ann Ong

and Madeline Amy Sweeney, with a

combined 26 years o experience, alert

ground personnel to the hijacking o

Flight 11. They stay on the line or almost

the entire duration o the ight ater

its seizure by the terrorists, relaying key

details about the attack such as the

hijackers seat numbers and report that

the crew is unable to contact the cockpit.

Acting on Ong and Sweeneys inormation,

American Airlines alerts the FBI,jumpstarting the investigation that will

become the largest in the agencys history.

According to Sweeney, the crew attends

to the saety o the passengers, providing

medical care to those injured in the

hijacking.

8:20amFlight 77 Takes OAmerican Airlines Flight 77, en route to

Los Angeles, departs Washington Dulles

International Airport ten minutes delayed.

8:24amHijacker Mohammed Atta on Flight 11

Mistakenly Contacts Air Trafc Control

Minutes later, he makes a second

unintended transmission.

8:37amAir Trafc Control Contacts

the Military

Ater hearing Attas transmission, air trafc

controllers contact Northeast Air Deense

Sector (NEADS), a division o the military

that deends North American airspace, to

report the hijacking.

8:42amFlight 93 Takes O

United Airlines Flight 93 departs Newark

International Airport ater a lengthy airtrafc delay on the tarmac. Flight 93 was

scheduled to leave Newark at 8:00 am,

within minutes o the other hijacked

ights.

8:46amCrash o Flight 11

Flying the plane at about 470 miles per hour,hijackers crash Flight 11 into oors 93-99,

I dont know, I think

were getting hijacked. Flight attendant Betty Ann Ong,

American Airlines Flight 11

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instantly killing the 87 pas-sengers and crew on board andunknown hundreds within thetower.

The crash starts iresthroughout the North Towerand unnels jet uel down eleva-tor shats, igniting freballs atthe lobby and below-grade lev-els and burning anyone cominginto contact with this combust-ing uel.

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I could see

the big airline

coming straight

towards us. Constance Labetti, AON,

South Tower, 99th Floor

So I stood up and

I just turned my body

towards the window and

I could see the big airline

coming straight towards

us. It looked like it was

coming towards us. Didnt

look like the plane was inany kind of duress. It was

going straight towards

what I thought was our

building, but in actuality

Tower 1 was right in front

of us. I just stood frozen.

I didnt move I couldntmove. I just stood at the

window.

I could see it coming

closer and closer. I could

see their AA [American

Airlines] on its tail. I

could see the cockpit.

I could see inside the

cockpit, the tinted win-

dows of the cockpit,

thats how close I was.

(Sigh) I could see onthe side some of the win-dows of-of the passen-gers were pulled down,and then it just bellowedinto Tower 1. And, fora moment, just for thatmoment, I almost sighedwith relief until I realized(pause) all those peoplethat had just [been] killedin that Tower.

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8:46amEmergency Services Mobilized

The Fire Department o NewYork (FDNY) and New YorkPolice Department (NYPD) dis-patch units to the World TradeCenter within seconds o Flight11s crash.

On site, Port AuthorityPolice Department (PAPD)ofcers begin evacuating theNorth Tower. PAPD headquar-ters in Jersey City, New Jerseydispatches additional ofcers

rom other command posts tothe World Trade Center.In July 2001, the Port

Authority o New York andNew Jersey, long-time manag-

ers o the World Trade Center,agreed to lease the buildingsto real estate developer LarrySilverstein. On September 11,2001, both Port Authority andSilverstein Properties sta arein the building working onthe transition. Their expertknowledge o the towershelps Port Authority fre sae-ty, building and security stacoordinate the evacuation.

8:50amPresident Bush is Alerted Around

This Time While Visiting anElementary School in Sarasota,

Florida

8:55amSouth Tower Tenants Instructed

to Remain in the BuildingYour attention, please, ladies

and gentlemen. Building 2 issecure. There is no need to evac-uate Building 2. I you are in themidst o evacuation, you mayuse the re-entry doors and theelevators to return to your ofce.Repeat, Building 2 is secure.

Announcement madeby Port Authority ofcial via

Public Address inside the SouthTower

8:59amOn Board Flight 175

As hijacked Flight 175approaches the World TradeCenter, crewmembers andpassengers manage to con-tact loved ones and authori-ties on the ground.

At 8:59 am, Flight 175 pas-senger Brian David Sweeney,38, leaves a message or hiswie Julie. He then calls hismother, Luise, to report the

hijacking, telling her that thepassengers are consideringstorming the cockpit to wrestcontrol rom the hijackers.

Brian began the ight in

North Tower on Fire. Courtesy of 9/11 Memorial Museum.Photograph by Roberto Rabanne. From The Roberto R abanne Archive.


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love you and I will see you whenyou get there. Bye babe. Ill tryto call you. (Message courtesyo Julie Sweeney Roth.)

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9:02amSouth Tower Evacuation Order

May I have your attention, please. Repeating this mes-sage the situation occurredin Building 1 [North Tower].I the conditions warrant on

your oor, you may wish to

start an orderly evacuation. Port Authority Statement


Hijackers, ying the plane

at 590 miles per hour, crash

Flight 175 into oors 77 to 85

o the World Trade Centers

South Tower, instantly killing

the 60 passengers and crew

and unknown hundreds with-

in the tower.

The impact severs two o

three emergency stairwells

and most o the elevator

cables, trapping many inside

elevator cars, and cutting oescape routes.


Hijackers, ying the plane

at 590 miles per hour, crash

Flight 175 into oors 77 to 85

o the World Trade Centers

South Tower, instantly killing

the 60 passengers and crew

and unknown hundreds with-

in the tower.

The impact severs two o

three emergency stairwells

and most o the elevator

cables, trapping many inside

elevator cars, and cutting oescape routes.

9:05amPresident Bush is alerted that asecond plane has crashed intothe South Tower o the WorldTrade Center

The President now knowsthat the country is under attack,but inormation is scarce.

9:10amIncreasing Response

The NYPD calls a secondLevel 4

Mobilization, bringing itstotal

deployment close to 2,000men and women.

Minutes later, the FDNYissues a second fth alarm.Other companies and o-dutypersonnel, not directly called,respond to the attacks.

In total, more than 200 freunits, approximately 2,200police ofcers, and numer-ous others rom city and ed-eral agencies responded tothe disaster scene at the WorldTrade Center.

When their vehicle becomesstuck in trafc, Firefghter GaryR. Box, 37, and others romthe FDNYs elite Squad 1 runthrough the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel to the World TradeCenter. His picture on page8 was taken shortly ater thecrash o Flight 175.

Squad 1 loses 11 members on9/11, including Fireighter Box.

On the morning o 9/11,Port Authority Ofcer JamesFrancis Lynch, 47, is on medicalleave, resting at his home inNew Jersey. Nevertheless, heresponds to the attack on theWorld Trade Center, using hisPAPD credentials to clear police

cordons and head through theHolland Tunnel.

Once Ofcer Lynch arrives atthe towers, he immediately setsto work. As a WTC EmergencyServices ofcer who supervisedrescue equipment within thecomplex, he knows that hisexperience and knowledge othe towers will be invaluable tothe evacuation eorts. He is lastseen getting air packs out o astoreroom, then ascending thestairs carrying a load o breath-ing masks and air tanks. OfcerLynch perishes in the collapseo the South Tower.

9:32amFlight 93 hijackers accidentallytransmit a message intended orthe passengers

Ladies and Gentlemen:Here the Captain, please sitdown, keep remaining sitting.We have a bomb onboard. So,sit.

One o the hijackers oFlight 93

9:36amVice President CheneyEvacuated From White HouseOfce

Secret Service agents evac-uate U.S. Vice President DickCheney and his aides rom hisofce in the White House tothe Presidential EmergencyOperations Center, a ColdWar-era bunker beneath theWhite House.


Hijackers crash Flight 77into the Pentagons westernacade, killing the 59 passen-gers and crew on board theplane and 125 military andcivilian personnel inside thebuilding. A hundred and sixare severely injured in the

ensuing fre.Loaded with 36,200 lbs o

jet uel, Flight 77 ignites aninerno inside the Pentagon.

The Pentagons on-sitefrehouse responds immedi-ately to the crash o Flight77. Firefghters rom nearbyNational Airport (with a oamtruck designed to fght jet uelfres) and Virginias ArlingtonCounty Fire Departmentarrive within minutes.

Many civilian employeesand military personnel evacu-ate the building shortly ater

the impact, while others eltcompelled to rush into theburning building to rescuetrapped and injured col-leagues.

A Pentagon security cam-era captures the crash oFlight 77 into the buildingswestern acade. At the timeo impact, the hijacked planeew at 530 miles per hour.

9:42amNational Ground Stop

The Federal AviationAuthority (FAA) grounds

all ights over, or boundor, the continental UnitedStates. The U.S. Departmento Transportation allowednational airspace to open andights to resume two dayslater on September 13, 2001at 11:00am EST.

9:45amWhite House and U.S. Capitol

Evacuated Throughout the morn-

ing, ofcials evacuate high-profle buildings, governmentofces, landmarks, and public

spaces in response to rumorso escalating attacks.

9:57amFight or Flight 93Flight 93s passengers arebelieved to have collectivelyvoted to mount a counterat-tack against the hijackers.

Twelve o Flight 93s 40passengers and crew manageto alert loved ones and author-ities to the planes hijacking.At least fve learn about the

attacks on the World TradeCenter or the Pentagon.

9:59amSouth Tower o World Trade

Center CollapsesAter burning or 56 min-

utes, the South Tower collapsesin 10 seconds, killing hundredso workers and frst respondersin the building and surround-ing area.

As the South Tower col-lapses dust and debris engulsthe streets near the World Trade Center. Many ee, seek-

ing shelter in surroundingbuildings.

When the World TradeCenter towers collapse, hugepieces o the steel acade allto the earth, causing enor-mous damage to nearby build-ings and signifcant loss o lie.

10:03amCrash o Flight 93Hijackers roll Flight 93 side-to-side, rapidly diving andclimbing, in an attemptto knock passengers andcrew o balance as theyattempt to storm the cockpit.Eyewitnesses on the groundreport the aircrats erratic ight,ending with the sound o a crash. To prevent passengers romretaking the airplane, hijack-ers deliberately crash Flight 93in a feld in Somerset County,Pennsylvania, killing all40 passengers and crew. The crash site is approxi-mately 20 minutes lyingtime rom Washington, DC.

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10:15amPentagon E Ring Collapses

The damaged section o thePentagons outermost ofces,known as the E Ring, collapses.No rescue workers are injured.

Several times throughoutthe morning, speculation andmisinormation about addi-tional hijacked planes causethe cessation o rescue opera-tions and evacuation o emer-gency workers.

While the rescue eortcontinues, many Departmento Deense (DoD) employeesreturn to work in the unaect-ed hal o the Pentagon. TheNational Military CommandCenter (NMCC), located onthe ar side o the Pentagon,coordinates the US militaryresponse to the 9/11 attacks.NMCC ofcers initiate a coner-ence call with ederal and mili-tary responders that continuesthroughout the day.

10:28amNorth Tower o World Trade

Center Collapses

The North Tower collapsesater burning or 102 minutes,killing 100s o people in thebuilding and the surroundingarea.

O the 16,000 to 19,000people in the North and South Towers o the World TradeCenter on 9/11, the vast major-ity are evacuated saely. By theend o the day, all seven build-ings at the World Trade Centerwere destroyed.

11:02amEvacuation o Lower Manhattan

New York City MayorRudolph Giuliani calls or theevacuation o all residents,workers and tourists rom lowerManhattan.

All o lower Manhattansouth o 14th Street rom theHudson River to the East Riveris ofcially closed to all butemergency personnel, creatingan area known as the rozenzone.

Throngs o people crowdonto streets, highways, andbridges to evacuate lowerManhattan. Many walk northor across bridges to Brooklyn.

Thousands leave the islando Manhattan by boat in one othe largest water evacuationssince World War II.

11:45amThe President arrives atBarksdale Air Force Base

President Bush orders AirForce One to land at BarksdaleAir Force Base in Louisiana,where he makes his frst tele-vised remarks about the unold-ing events. The resolve o ourgreat nation is being tested,he says. But make no mistake,we will show the world that wewill pass this test. God bless.Although the President wantsto return to Washington, DC,those protecting him deem thisunsae. Air Force One headstowards Outt Air Force Basein Nebraska, home o the U.S.Strategic Command, whereBush uses their undergroundsecure communications net-work to coner with the WhiteHouse, the Pentagon, the CIA,and the FBI. Although his stawill prepare or him to addressthe nation rom the bunker, thePresident ultimately will insiston returning to the nationscapital.

12:16pmAmerican Airspace Cleared

The last commercial ightabove the continental UnitedStates lands.

In total, air trafc control-lers guide over 4,000 com-mercial and private planes toairports throughout the UnitedStates and in Canada. Localauthorities and residents createad-hoc plans to provide oodand shelter to stranded travelers.

1:00pmand Throughthe DayResponse at the World TradeCenter SiteThroughout the aternoon,volunteers, frst responders,and construction workersarrive at the site to search orsurvivors.

Firefghters, police ofcers,paramedics and other emer-gency service workers streamto the site to join in thefrefght and rescue eorts.Operations continue aroundthe clock.

3:00pmFDNY Rescue Civilian Pasquale

Buzzelli is Rescued From

Rubble o Stairwell B at WTC

site

Ultimately, only 18 peopledeeply embedded in thedebris pulled themselvesout or were rescued, includ-ing 14 who were together inthe shat o a North Towerstairwell. The last survivor wasound only 26 hours ater thetowers collapsed.

5:20pmCollapse o 7 World Trade

CenterBecause lower Manhattanswaterlines have been com-promised, the FDNY cannotget water to fght the ames.

Adjacent to the North Tower,7 World Trade Center had su-ered signifcant damage inthe collapse. Fires caused bythe collapse o 1 WTC lead tostructural instability, and ulti-mately, total collapse.

There are no casualtiesbecause the 47-story towerhad been evacuated thatmorning. However, the allo the building sends frstresponders racing awayrom the collapsing struc-ture to save their own lives.

8:00pmRescue Workers Locate

Trapped PAPD OfcersRescuers locate PAPD Sgt.John McLoughlin and OfcerWilliam Jimeno in the debriso the World Trade Center.They ree Ofcer Jimeno aterthree hours o dangerous tun-neling work. Sgt. McLoughlinsrescue takes another eighthours.

Rescue operations con-

tinue throughout the night. Thousands o constructionworkers, irst responders,and sel-dispatched volun-teers converge at GroundZero to search or survi-vors, improvising bucketbrigades to remove debris.

Workers will extricate theeighteenth survivor, GenelleGuzman, rom the remains oStairwell B on the aternoono September 12. She will bethe last person rescued alive.

8:30pmPresident George W. Bush

Addresses the NationBack in the White House,President Bush addresses ashocked nation, praising thestrength o the nation inthe ace o the overwhelm-ing events. Terrorist attackscan shattered steel, butthey cannot dent the steelo American resolve, he says.Today, our nation saw evil the very worst o human

nature and we respondedwith the best o America. Withthe daring o our rescue work-ers, with the caring or strang-ers and neighbors who cameto give blood and help in anyway they could.

President Bush visits andspeaks with rescue and recov-ery personnel at Ground Zeroon September 14, 2001. ANational Day o Prayer andRemembrance is observed.

Rescue, Recovery and RebuildingFederal, state, and local of-cials initiated rescue and/

or recovery operations atall three attack sites, sup-ported by thousands ofrst responders, ironwork-ers, engineers and mem-bers o the building trades.The attacks resulted in nearly3,000 atalities the larg-est loss o lie rom a hos-tile attack by a oreign entityon American soil. The FireDepartment o New York lost346 members o its orce, theNew York Police Departmentlost 23, and the PortAuthority Police Departmentlost 37, the largest loss oemergency responders in asingle event in U.S. history.At the three attack sites, daysand weeks and in New YorkCity, months were spentextinguishing fres, searchingor survivors and, ultimately,searching or remains o thevictims. It took nine monthsto remove approximately 1.8million tons o debris romthe World Trade Center site.

In the atermath o 9/11,donations o money and sup-plies poured in and thousandso people volunteered their

help and support. Memorials,services and vigils were heldin New York City, Washington,D.C., Pennsylvania, and allover the world.

A ederal und compen-sated victims amilies andseverely injured survivors.Families o victims advocatedor the ormation o the 9/11Commission, which investi-gated the attacks and issueda report with analysis and rec-ommendations.

Advanced DNA technologycontinues to be used to iden-tiy the remains o victims.However, human remainshave still not been identifedor approximately 40% o theWTC victims.

Public and private sec-tors partnered to supportlower Manhattans recovery,growth and revitalization, andworked to balance the needto remember and honor thevictims with the need or astrong and vibrant commu-nity.

Are you guysready? Lets

roll. Todd Beamer, his last

audible words, as heard byLisa Jefferson, as Flight 93passengers fought to take

back the plane.

Courtesy of Flight 93National Memorial.

Courtesy Department of Defense.

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Who were the hijackers?These 19 young men, ages 20 to 33, came rom a variety o backgrounds, some wealthy, some

poor. Many had college educations, while others dropped out rom college or let home tobecome soldiers on the side o Muslims in Chechnya and Aghanistan. Among them were three

sets o brothers. Fiteen were rom Saudi Arabia, two rom the United Arab Emirates, and one eachrom Egypt and Lebanon.

Satam

al Suqami

Abdulaziz

al Omari

Waleed

al Shehri

Wail

al Shehri

Mohamed

Atta

American Airlines Flight 11 (World Trade Center)

Marwan

al Shehhi

Ahmed

al Ghamdi

Mohand

al Shehri

Hamza

al Ghamdi

Fayez

Banihammad

United Airlines Flight 175 (World Trade Center)

Khalid

al Mihdhar

Majed

Moqed

Nawa

al Hazmi

Salem

al Hazmi

Hani

Hanjour

American Airlines Flight 77 (Pentagon)

Saeed

al Ghamdi

Ahmad

al Haznawi

Ahmed

al Nami

Ziad

Jarrah

United Airlines Flight 93 (Pennsylvania)

What is Terrorism?It is difcult to come up with a defnition o terrorism with which everyone will agree. The root o the word is

terror or ear. An act o terrorism seeks to use ear to compel a group o people or a government

to act in a certain way in response to violence or the threat o violence. Terrorist acts have been

committed by a variety o people representing a wide range o political, religious, cultural or social

viewpoints, ranging rom lone individuals to large coordinated groups. Generally, a characteristic o

terrorism is that the victims are oten civilians, that is people who are not in any way representa-

tive o the object o the terrorism.

Each o the planes that crashedinto the World Trade Center had ajet uel capacity o nearly 24,000gallons.

All civilian air trafc was bannedrom landing on U.S. soil or twodays.

Among the atalities were 346New York City Fire Departmentfrefghters, 23 New York CityPolice Department ofcers, and 37

Port Authority Police Departmentofcers.

Cantor Fitzgerald L.P., aninvestment bank on the 101st-105th oors o One World TradeCenter, lost more employees thanany other frm: 658.

Approximately 16,000 peoplewere below the impact zones inthe World Trade Center at the timeo the attacks, most o whomevacuated beore the towerscollapsed.

7 WTC, 6 WTC, 5 WTC, 4 WTC theWTC Marriott Hotel (3 WTC) and St.Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church

were also destroyed in the attacks.

Mohamed Attas luggage, whichdid not make it onto AmericanAirlines Flight 11, contained a willand 757/767 ight manuals.

Unlike many stereotypes ohijackers or terrorists, most o theattackers were educated andcame rom well-to-dobackgrounds.

The New York Stock Exchange, theAmerican Stock Exchange and

NASDAQ did not open onSeptember 11 and remainedclosed until September 17.

2,880 victims compensationawards were issued to the amilieso those killed.

9/11Facts

Flight 93 Crater.Courtesy of Flight 93 National Memorial.

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